Head of Centre
University of Southern Denmark
Prof. Dr. Thomas Ebel, Head of Centre for Industrial Electronics, IEEE Senior member, SDU, Sønderborg, Denmark
Education
9/1992 Dipl.-Chem. (Master in Chemistry), Westfälische Wilhelms Universität Münster, Germany (Solid State and Electro-chemistry)
3/1995 Dr.rer.nat (PhD), Westfälische Wilhelms Universität Münster, Germany (Solid State Physics and Chemistry)
Current and most recent employment.
Since January 2022 Full Professor, Head of Centre and Section, Centre for Industrial Electronics (CIE) in Sønderborg of the University of Southern Denmark (SDU).
From August 2018 – December 2021, Associate Professor, Head of the Section Electrical Engineering (Campus Sønderborg and Odense) and Head of Centre for Industrial Electronics (CIE) in Sønderborg of the University of Southern Denmark (SDU).
September 2008 to July 2018 Managing director, R&D Director, and shareholder at FTCAP GmbH, Husum Manufacturer of Aluminum Electrolytic and Film- Capacitors
October 2001-July 2008 R&D Director, later Technical Director (CTO), Member of board of directors Becromal Italy at Becromal S.p.A, Milano, Italy. since 10/2008 Epcos/TDK,
August 1995-September 2001 R&D Engineer later R&D Director Siemens Matsushita Components, Siemens AG PR, since 10/1999 EPCOS AG, since 10/2008 TDK, Business unit capacitors, Aluminum- Electrolytic- Capacitors, Heidenheim, Germany.
May 1995-July 1995 Researcher with Prof. J. Rouxel, CNRS, Institute des Matériaux de Nantes, France.
Academic awards and honors.
Acknowledged with the price of the Fund of the German Chemical Industry 1995
Cogeneration Award, Biotronic, Capacitor Challenge, 2020
Innovation Prize 2023, SDU TEK faculty
Appointed as Advisory Board Member, PCIM in 2023
Management experience, including experience with project management and being head of research projects.
Scientific focus areas.
Research in the field of passive components in Power Electronics, especially capacitors and magnetics and their reliability behaviour
Electrochemical cell designs and build
Miscellaneous training:
- Research Management Course, Copenhagen Business School (2023)
- Div Management and Leader training (FTCAP 2008-2017)
- Management and Leadership training (Siemens 1997-1999)
Thursday, February 29, 2024
2:45 PM – 3:10 PM PST